The Rant: Kidd deserves a shot in Brooklyn

I know it’s trendy these days to pile on the Jason Kidd hiring. What were the Brooklyn Nets thinking? Don’t they realize he has zero coaching experience? Yeah, I get it. I think people are overstating the issue.

Kidd played in the NBA for about seven decades and remained one of the league’s great players. Not to mention, Kidd was a point guard, which basically means he was already a coach. One of the things I think that’s wrong with the NBA is this same argument. Why do teams hire former failed coaches just because they were former coaches? Wouldn’t it be better to take a chance on someone who can be great rather than someone you already know isn’t?